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How many times have you wondered where to place the “i” and the “e” when you were writing “receipt”? Or is it really “reciept”? What about the spelling of “neighborhood”? Are you sure it isn’t “naibo

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

rhood”? It’s got to be “nayberhood”, don’t you think?

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Or any of the following:

He’s extremely proud of the 50 page “busnes propsal” he’s just written; i

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

’s been typed, printed and neatly bound into a leather binder for presentation at the meeting with all 15 of his Board members, about to start in 10 minutes. Mighty proud of himself, he looks through

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

his copy of the extensive work and discovers not one but three errors attributed to “spelling”, “grammar” and “word intent” (i.e., definition).

Further, the paragraph following the spelling faux pas

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

includes a confusing array of words in which somehow a “silly cat jumped uhh xhow ckdosjt and .kw, when the com puter screen went bl ank at the tim the mouse something or other”!

Did that

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

ook familiar?

So what is he is going to do? The man, that is! Short of creating a new World dictionary of his own colorful euphemisms, there is little he can do right now. However, he can save

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

himself a headache or three in the future.

If he’s short of time or people power, he can consider locating another source (full-time, part-time employee, a temp, outsource) to review the efforts he

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

roposes: a true testament to the “two heads really will be better than one” axiom. The person he contacts could check the “written works” a time or two prior to sending the next projects to the print

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

r or other designated recipient(s).

There is any number of available full-time and part-time editorial, secretarial and administrative services experts from which to choose. Just look in the phone b

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

ok, the newspaper and on the Internet. To suggest a few, they may be listed as Employment Agencies, Temporary Services, Workforce Centers, Career Builders or Job Finders.

And then there’s you!
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
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As a Virtual Assistant, you know you are the perfect solution in a circumstance such as the one just described. After all, editorial and administrative support services are your areas of expertise
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a
.

But where do you go from here? How do you build upon your current knowledge, skills and abilities as you work to increase your local/global awareness and visibility? How do you go about getting y
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
urself noticed and known as one of the best resources around?

Marketing!

That’s: "M-A-R-K-E-T-I-N-G!"

Write articles geared toward your target market in your area of expertise; p
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
ove it by giving examples of what you can do; devise a quiz. Distribute your articles to online article banks to get the word out and show you know what you’re talking about. Using your article colle
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
tion, compile them “under one roof” into an e-book.

Strut your stuff even more!

Surf the Internet and become acquainted with the areas on the web where your target market hangs out. Introdu
t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
e yourself.

Now and then, proofread the Web sites where you land. If you spot a typographical or spelling error, contact the site owner to let them know you noticed a mistake.

Develop credibilit
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
as a knowledgeable resource

Make it a point to post frequently at several of the Virtual Assistant forums. And even at forums where your target market congregates! Join in on the discussions. A
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
k questions.

Volunteer

Offer to supply your services in an exchange or barter agreement. You’ll have an opportunity to gain valuable experience as you make important connections.

Obtain te
.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
timonials from your volunteer associates as well as your customers.

Establish a website, a blog, a podcast; distribute a newsletter.

Put together a mailing list using data collected from a “sign up
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip
form at your Web site. Send letters or post cards to that list, querying them about their “interests/needs”.

Provide an example; show how you can help them:

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tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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